[Event "Hastings Masters"]
[Site "Hastings/UK"]
[Date "2010.12.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {This move, which
was the legendary Bobby Fischer's idea against the Najdorf, has recently
experienced something of a revival in popularity.} e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9.
O-O Be7 $4 {[%cal Gf8e7] A dreadful blunder, which effectively ends the game
at once. Neverov evidently forgot "Nunn's Law", which states that "Loose piece
drop off". Observe, please, the loose prelate on b7...} 10. e5 $1 Bxg2 (10...
dxe5 11. Bxb7 Ra7 12. Bc6+ Kf8 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Qxd8+ Bxd8 15. Bxb5 {is
equally hopeless.}) 11. exf6 Bxf1 12. fxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxf1 {White has two minor
pieces for a rook and pawn. On the face of it, this may sound like little or
no material advantage at all, but in fact, in such a middlegame, the advantage
is almost decisive at GM level. The problem for Black is that two pieces are
better than one - White can attack a weakness twice, whilst Black can only
defend it once.} O-O 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Qd3 Ne5 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. Rd1 Qa7
19. Rd2 Rc7 20. Qg3 b4 21. Nd1 Qc5 22. Nf3 Rac8 23. Ne3 Rd7 24. h4 {having
manoeuvered his pieces into position, Howell starts a decisive attack on the
enemy king.} Ne7 25. h5 Qa5 26. h6 f6 27. Rxd6 Qc7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. hxg7 e5
30. g5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters"]
[Site "Hastings/UK"]
[Date "2010.12.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rendle, Thomas"]
[Black "Williams, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Bf6 13. a4 a5 14. Ra3 Re8 15.
Rh3 g6 16. Nd2 Nc6 $4 ({Black would stand very satisfactorily after} 16... Ned7
{Instead, Simon prefers a more spectacular knight retreat, but he had clearly
miscalculated something badly, and the move turns his postion to dust almost
immediately.}) 17. dxc6 Rxe2 18. cxb7 Rb8 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Nb3 {Black is
already lost.} Qe4 21. Nxa5 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Nxa4 23. b4 Bc3 24. Be3 c5 25. Rxd6
Bxb4 26. Rc6 Nb6 27. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2010.12.31"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios	2591"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d4 e4 8. Nfd2 h5
9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. h3 Nc6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. O-O-O a6 14. Rdg1 h4 15. g4
hxg3 16. Rxg3 d5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Nc4 Nexd5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Rhg1 Be6 ({Black
is doing well here, and would stand clearly better after Kotronias' suggestion
} 20... Re7 {Instead, he misses White's 22nd.}) 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxg6 $1 Nxb4
({Taking the knight is fatal, because of} 22... fxg6 23. Rxg6 Re7 24. Bg4) 23.
Ne7+ $2 ({Missing a golden opportunity. By unleashing the Sokolksy bishop, wih
the thematic} 23. d5 $1 {White could obtain a winning game, eg:} Bxd5 24. Ne7+
Kf8 25. Nf5 Qc5+ 26. Bc4 $1 {Black's problem is that exchanging bishops with
check on b2, does not help, since Rg8 mate is threatened thereafter.}) 23...
Kf8 24. Nf5 Bxb3 25. Nxd6 Nxa2+ 26. Kb1 cxd6 27. Rxg7 Rac8 28. Ba3 $2 ({Now
the advantage swings back to Black, and he never lets go again. Instead, a
move such as} 28. h4 {would have maintained the balance.}) 28... Rc6 29. Kb2
Bd5 30. Bh5 Rb6+ 31. Ka1 Nb4 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 {In addition to his pawn deficit,
White also has serious problems with his king.} 33. Rh7 Ke7 34. Rg5 Rb5 35. Rf5
Rc8 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Bxf7 Ra5+ 38. Kb2 Rb5+ 39. Bb3+ Kd8 40. Ka2 Rc3 41. Be6
Rc2+ 0-1

